Originally posted by Shanti I hope its 40MP then crop will be something like 18MP? so can use for birding & landscape--all in one camera,as long as FPS is 7 or so..HD are so cheap now so storage is no problem,& workflow will be faster than my Sigma DP3 at least
its not the cost for me. its the amount of hard drives I'll have kicking around. at Canadian Fashion Week I shot 6 out of 9 days. I averaged 500 frames per day. this came out to around 40gb of data every day. Most of it was because I kept second guessing myself on timing, but thats a lot of images. I'm shooting 3-4 times per week, lifestyle/editorial shoots averaging 50 frames a shoot. Weddings I average 200-400 depending on requirements. I do a weeding once a month tho.
This means a LOT of backups and hard drives. it adds up faster than you think. I buy a 1TB external about one every 4 months, I have a dresser half-drawer thats gonna fill up probably within 2 years. It's one thing for a hobbyist or semi-professional who takes the odd job compared to a part time-professional or a full fledged pro.
That being said... if they worked Canon's resolution adjustment feature into the camera...now that would be interesting! I could shoot at full resolution (call it 42?) for landscape work or billboard work, drop it to 36 for editorial/lifestyle, then drop it to 24 for wedding, finally drop it to 16 for that extra low light advantage when shooting bands or sports. Oh man I'd be happy happy!